Till my eyes bug out my head."
Not only can these lyrics show relationship to authors, but they can be intimately bound to major American writers, placing them in the main stream of our national literature. Walt Whitman has left his spirit in one lyric:
"Choo-choo choo-choo ch-boogie
Woo-woo boogie woogie, choo-choo
Choo-choo ch-boogie."
The technique and wry humor of Robert Frost appear in yet another:
"See that squirrel on the wall
If he had a brain at all
He would be, yes sirree
By you, by you, by you."
Hemingway mingled with James Jones is also in evidence.
"Ev'rytime I kiss you and hold you tight
I'm playing with dynamite,
I know you're dangerous,
But I'm not afraid."
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